Poll: What’s your view of the Mancini trade?

[Number5]

40 minutes ago, seak05 said:

I need an: It's a really good/smart trade that I'm glad the Orioles made, but I hate it option  

I hear ya.  My heart hates the trade, but my brain loves it.

[LookinUp]

Voted I like it. I love the upside of the return, but would have loved to keep that bat during this surprise run.
Mancini is not a fielder, so I don’t like what he does to roster flexibility, so I think he had to go.

[CynBeth]

I voted don’t like it.  I am very big on team chemistry and did not want anyone traded.  

[Moose Milligan]

We got an arm (albeit an injured arm, but TJ surgery these days is a slight bump in the road) from the arm factory that is Tampa Bay.  I'm happy about that.  

[DJHJR86]

Liked it a lot for the return we got and never really understood the fascination with Mancini as a fan favorite other than being a homegrown guy who was the best player on a really bad team for a few years.

[Natty]

Desperately grasping for straws. Traded our highest batting avg hitter for what? 

A guy who needs TJ surgery and an A ball pitcher with a 5.50 ERA. 

Nice haul? Is anyone listening or is everyone blind?

 

[DJHJR86]

Just now, Natty said:

Traded our highest batting avg hitter for what?

He's a 30 year old DH who has a negative dWAR and has only had two seasons where he was above starter level WAR with a career .1 WPA.  

[Natty]

It's a simple mathematical equation. We traded Mancini to save money. That's pitiful. 

 

[Sports Guy]

Just now, Natty said:

It's a simple mathematical equation. We traded Mancini to save money. That's pitiful. 

 

Considering they just paid money to trade Lopez, I don’t think this is true at all.

[Frobby]

22 minutes ago, DJHJR86 said:

He's a 30 year old DH who has a negative dWAR and has only had two seasons where he was above starter level WAR with a career .1 WPA.  

Negative dWAR is irrelevant.  An average defensive 1B or a DH has negative dWAR.   That just comes with the assigned role.  It’s all about how you hit.  

[DJHJR86]

1 minute ago, Frobby said:

Negative dWAR is irrelevant.  An average defensive 1B or a DH has negative dWAR.   That just comes with the assigned role.  It’s all about how you hit.  

He still has only had 2 seasons with above starting level oWAR

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, DJHJR86 said:

He still has only had 2 seasons with above starting level oWAR

True, but he probably will this year.  Look, he’s a solid hitter and a good clubhouse guy.   Is he a star?   No, but nobody said he was.  

[Sydnor]

3 hours ago, Frobby said:

Obviously this topic is discussed elsewhere but I thought a poll would be a good way to crystallize posters’ reactions.   What say you?

Good poll. I don’t really know how to answer it because my feelings about the trade are colored by the fact that I had to try to explain it to my young son who was crying upon learning the news and saying “I just want to want to watch Trey Mancini play.” I’d probably say I didn’t want to trade him for that reason, but I also get it, accept it, and am not disappointed in what they did (in contrast with the Lopez trade).

[DJHJR86]

2 minutes ago, Frobby said:

Look, he’s a solid hitter and a good clubhouse guy.   Is he a star?   No, but nobody said he was.  

He was a great guy who handled adversity well, but his production is not going to be hard to replace.

[bluedog]

Love the return.

Love that Mancini goes to a contender (for his sake)

Love that this opens up at bats for Vavra and Stowers

Love that the Orioles helped a team that has a shot to knock off the Yankees.

Love that Yankees fans were whining about Boston and Baltimore trying to sabotage their World Series hopes by sending good players to the Astros.

Edited August 2, 2022 by bluedog